Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In psychology, apprehension in motor or kinesthetic terms of an auditory or visual stimulus.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun the act of motorizing (equiping with motors or with motor vehicles).
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- noun The act of
motorizing something.
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- noun the act of motorizing (equiping with motors or with motor vehicles)
Etymologies
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Examples
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There is a reason why mass motorization didn't happen until oil and combustion engines were produced en masse.
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The low-priced car could lead to mass motorization along with increased pollution.
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The age of mass motorization profoundly changed the Italian culture of the table, introducing wholly new food experiences such as driving to the seaside in August to eat spaghetti with clams, or stopping for a bite at an Autogrill—a highway service station.
Delizia! John Dickie 2008
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The speed of China's motorization is stunning -- some 30,000 miles of expressways were built in the past decade.
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Detractors on the environmental front have argued that mass-motorization in India is the worst thing that could happen as far as global warming is concerned, but India is going to motorize regardless.
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Under the command of Oberst Alfred von Vollard-Bockelberg, who had succeeded Generalmajor von Natzmer in October 1926, becoming the third inspector of motorized troops (In 6), further findings concerning motorization, and in particular tanks, were translated into fact.
Panzer Aces Kurowski, Franz 1992
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While Lutz oversaw the motorization of the army, it was Guderian, continuing his earlier work, who was the creator of Germany's armored forces.
Panzer Aces Kurowski, Franz 1992
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As anticipated, on 1 July 1934 he succeeded Guderian as chief of staff of the Inspectorate of Motor Transport Troops and was thus placed in a position from which he could exert a great deal of influence on the motorization of the army.
Panzer Aces Kurowski, Franz 1992
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Abteilung, he had shown interest in questions of motorization and tank development.
Panzer Aces Kurowski, Franz 1992
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Werner Kempf, was detached to Motor Transport Battalion 1 for technical training in early 1926, it began a process which was to see him become one of the most ardent supporters of army motorization.
Panzer Aces Kurowski, Franz 1992
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